"Putin has created what he calls a "vertical of power," something unlike any we see in other great nations. As the Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov -- himself a harsh critic of Putin -- has noted, the entire structure of Russian political power rests on one man. When the czar died, you knew the structure that would endure and the process by which his successor, his son, would be elevated. When the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party died, the Standing Committee and the Politburo would select his successor. But when Putin dies -- I almost wrote if -- what will happen? No one knows."

And know one knows what happen if they do kill Putin and he comes back to life.

"Of late, the world’s attention is focused on Vladimir Putin. From indiscriminately supporting Bashar al-Assad’s regime in bombing out Syrian refugees, to meddling in the US Presidential elections, Putin has rattled the world far enough to sit up and pay attention. Back in the 1990s, Putin’s rise and transformation from a KGB spy into a self-designed Czar of an authoritarian Russian empire, seemed highly unlikely and unexpected. He emerged out of nowhere – at that time, Russians had absolutely no idea who he was and Putin had to work hard in building his identity as a potent leader. He would go on to climb the ladder of politics and power in a frenzied, fevered, driven manner, which would pronounce him as one of the most powerful and dangerous leaders of the 21st century.”

You haven't seen nothing yet. Don't be fooled soon Putin and Trump will become enemies. The king of the South and North can't be friends even though they will pretend so at the table of peace while they lie to each others faces.

"This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin approved a package of anti-terrorism laws that usher in tighter restrictions on missionary activity and evangelism.
Despite prayers and protests from religious leaders and human rights advocates, the Kremlin announced Putin’s approval yesterday. The amendments, including laws against sharing faith in homes, online, or anywhere but recognized church buildings, go into effect July 20.”

Now we see them unviel their plot. Is there any doubt synagog of Satan is behind the worlds terrorists? All so they can turn on Gods chosen ones in the end with a web of lies. What does a muslim terrorist and a true Christian have in common? Nothing. But that is not the picture they have been planning for a long time. Anyone who believes too much is a threat is the picture they paint so well.

"As quickly as Russia’s planes departed Syria, they can return. The infrastructure for a rapid redeployment has been maintained, and Putin said “if necessary, literally within a few hours, Russia can build up its contingent in the region to a size proportionate to the situation developing there and use the entire arsenal of capabilities at our disposal.”

"Both the US and Russia are now claiming that a new Cold War is in the offing. Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference last week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev claimed that Europe was “rapidly rolling into a period of a new Cold War”. Russia, he said, “has been presented as well-nigh the biggest threat to Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), or to Europe, America and other countries”."

"Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with his country’s 5,000 nuclear warheads. Putin has raised the specter of nuclear war for the third time in the past two months as he and Western countries such as the United States clash over the Ukraine conflict, which has been bringing to light other deep-seated animosity.
Putin made his latest comments while en route to the annual Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, a summit of 50 nations."

"Russia complained on Friday about Ukrainian operations in the area.
The Russian foreign ministry said: "We draw attention to the sharp intensification of military action by Ukrainian forces with the apparent aim to stop the path, agreed on with Kiev, of a humanitarian convoy across the Russia-Ukraine border.""

"It was hard to avoid Vladimir Putin at the rally in Red Square on Tuesday celebrating the joining of Crimea to Russia. As the president's defiant speech from earlier in the day was replayed on speakers, supporters waved giant white flags with Putin's face and the words "We're together!", and signs reading "Putin is right" and "We believe Putin"."

"President Putin insists that the armed men are local "self-defence forces", and are not under his command.
But he says Russia has the right to use force to protect Russian citizens and speakers who he says are threatened in post-uprising Ukraine.
His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Russian state television on Friday: "Can Russia stand idly by when Russians somewhere in the world - especially in neighbouring Ukraine - face mortal danger?"Calls for talks between Russia and Ukraine mediated by the West "make us smile", he said.
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"The father of former U.S. government security contractor Edward Snowden arrived in Russia to see his son for the first time since April, thanking President Vladimir Putin for granting him refuge that ended a global manhunt.
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"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday of instigating the public protests against the State Duma elections as tens of thousands signed up to rally over the weekend.
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"Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has accepted a proposal to stand for president in March 2012.
Addressing the ruling United Russia party's annual congress, Mr Putin and current President Dmitry Medvedev backed one another to switch roles.
The announcements end speculation over which man should run for the top job."

"The prosecution and imprisonment of Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man as owner of the energy giant Yukos, have been widely criticised outside Russia.
His fate has been seen by some as punishment for seeking to support a liberal opposition in Russian politics, and thereby challenging Vladimir Putin, the former president and current prime minister."

"Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday delivered his most passionate critique to date of the Western intervention in Libya, underlining a rare open disagreement between him and his protégé, President Dmitri A. Medvedev. At a news conference in Copenhagen, Mr. Putin was asked to elaborate on his comment that the United Nations resolution allowing airstrikes resembled "a medieval call for a crusade." He launched into an extended, caustic attack on the NATO campaign, saying it violated the principle of sovereignty and the wishes of the Libyan people."

"For the former KGB man, soon expected to resume what he sees as his natural role of President, a terrorist attack on Russia – and there have been three major attacks in the past year – is not so much an outrage as an opportunity to extend and entrench his power still further."

"Just ask Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former oil tycoon who now faces several more years of incarceration following a court decision which came days after Putin had publicly declared him guilty of theft and murder. Or Boris Nemtsov, leader of Russia's liberal opposition, who said that Khodorkovsky's sentence "had nothing to do with the rule of law". A day later, he was arrested, jailed for 15 days and refused the right of appeal.
Just as Russia's Chechen policy has been decided by the political needs of Putin, so too are cases such as Khodorkovsky's and the state's expropriation of Yukos, the private oil firm once led by Khodorkovsky, which was dismembered by the government, with its assets passed to Rosneft, the state-owned company with whom BP has now got into bed. The common thread in all this has been the steady consolidation of all political and economic power within a narrow elite and the reaction to the Domodedovo bombing will undoubtedly form part of the same process.
The hard fact is that Putin has always used threatening events in Russia as a means of gaining more power and this year is unlikely to see any change. After all, he has a presidency to regain."

"Russia, the world's third-biggest grower of wheat, banned grain exports from Aug. 15 to Dec. 31 as the country's worst drought in half a century cuts yields.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said today that the ban is "appropriate" to contain domestic prices that gained 19 percent last week, after drought and record heat in central Russia and along the Volga River forced the government to declare a state of emergency in 28 crop-producing regions. He proposed that Kazakhstan and Belarus, Russia's partners in a customs union, join the ban."

"The deal, which is the first of its kind between France and its Cold War enemy, has caused alarm in Nato, as there are fears it will give Russia more cutting-edge technology.
In February a US official told reporters the US "had questions" for France about the order."

"Russia plans to build a second military base in Kyrgyzstan in a bold gambit likely to alarm Washington and other countries in the region."

'Analysts say the recent ethnic bloodletting has convinced Russian military intelligence that Russian influence is under threat from an unnamed "third force." It apparently fears that continuing instability could result in Kyrgyzstan splitting in two along north-south lines and that Russia would be the loser."

"VLADIMIR Putin has snubbed the Prince of Wales and US Vice-President Joe Biden by forbidding their attendance at a parade in Red Square marking 65 years since the end of World War II. Russia invited British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other heads of state to attend today's celebrations - the biggest ever. But with Mr Brown unable to attend because of the election, the Foreign Office suggested Prince Charles instead.
However, the prince was quietly stood down after Mr Putin made it clear that he did not want him there, apparently in a sign of his annoyance with the Britain over its failure to extradite Boris Berezovsky, the Kremlin critic and former oligarch, to Russia. Mr Putin, Russia's Prime Minister, also snubbed Mr Biden, who had planned to go to Moscow and has been left cooling his heels in Brussels. Mr Biden is close to Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's President. During the 2008 Russia-Georgia war Mr Putin famously threatened Mr Saakashvili, pledging to 'hang him by the balls'. The White House is privately furious at the snub."

"President Saakashvili accused of lying after he says Russia made foiled attempt to smuggle uranium across border last month."

"A new row has erupted in the Caucasus after Georgia's president blamed Russia for a foiled attempt last month to smuggle highly enriched uranium across the volatile border.
Moscow today accused Mikheil Saakashvili of lying after he declared that such nuclear seizures have been 'mostly from the direction of Russia'".

"Georgian officials have told the Guardian the seized uranium was highly enriched – 'over 70%' – making it potentially suitable for a nuclear weapon, but the amount involved was small, measured in grams rather than kilograms. About 25kg would be needed for a warhead made from highly enriched uranium.
The officials said the gang had been caught in a sting operation, and they had told would-be buyers it was a sample of a bigger batch."

Imagine what happen if we ever have a nuclear terrorist attack. Everyone will be pointing their finger at everyone else. This is a significant event in end time events.

"President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of his top security officials were among the 96 people killed in the crash. As the fuselage of the Soviet-made Tupelov airplane (operated by a Polish airliner) still smoldered in forest near the city of Smolensk, the grim irony of their deaths became clear to the stunned Polish nation: Their president had been on his way to Russia to commemorate the massacre of tens of thousands of Poles, who had been executed on the order of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in 1940 in those same forests in the region of Smolensk."

"Kaczynski, who became Poland's president in 2005, had been a dogged critic of Putin and Russia's efforts to restore influence over the former Soviet Union. He sparred with the Kremlin over the bans Russia imposed on Polish food imports in recent years, calling them part of a strategy of political blackmail and manipulation. In 2006, he even proposed that the European Union impose sanctions on Russia for its economic bullying in Eastern Europe. His animosity had deep roots."

When Satan is on your side in this world who can stand in your way. Of course they will never have proof that Putin caused this through earthly means because most likley he used his Satanic powers to get the job done. The lesson is clear - stand up to Putin and you will be cut down. Keep your eyes open because we may soon be on the edge of WWIII and the end of the world. It would appear at last Putin is coming out ot the shadows to be revealed as who he is - Satan's crown prince - the Antichrist.

"Support for Mr Putin's United Russia party fell in recent local elections, and the economic crisis brought a sudden end to 10 years of growth. "

Ezekiel 38:3-4: "and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords."

"The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, last week issued what has become one of his customary trademark warnings by announcing that Russia will start to build offensive weapons to counter American global aggression.
Moscow and Washington are currently in discussions regarding a successor to the landmark Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which was signed between the United States and the now defunct Soviet Union in 1991, and which expired last December.
Demonstrating once again that it is he, and not President Dmitri Medvedev, who is the real boss in the Kremlin, Mr Putin warned the US government that its development of a sea and land based missile defence system was detrimental to the signing of an arms deal between Russia and America to replace Start 1. He said: 'The problem is that our American partners are developing missiles, and we are not.'
The Russian Prime Minister argued that the construction by Washington of an 'umbrella' against 'offensive strike systems' – a reference to Russia’s strategic deterrent – would break the nuclear balance the two superpowers with the result that the Americans “will do whatever they want and grow more aggressive”. As a result, Mr Putin issued a belligerent caveat to the US: 'In order to preserve a balance, while we aren’t planning to build a missile defence of our own, as it’s very expensive and its efficiency is not quite clear, we have to develop offensive strike systems.'"

"Deep in the Lubyanka, headquarters of Russia’s secret police, a fragment of Hitler’s jaw is preserved as a trophy of the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany. A fragment of skull with a bullet hole lies in the State Archive. So when American academics claimed that DNA tests showed the skull to be that of a woman, they challenged a long-cherished tale of the hunt for Hitler’s remains. Yesterday the chief archivist of the Federal Security Service (FSB) insisted that the bones were genuine and told of how the KGB destroyed almost all traces of the dictator’s corpse."

"Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow wanted to see a 'stronger, more efficient' EU, adding: 'We want the European Union to react more quickly to global issues, that it speaks with one voice.'"

How long before Russia joins the EU and installs Putin as the EU president?

"Russia may decide to use military forces abroad only in exceptional circumstances to protect its citizens, said President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday.
"Such decisions are absolutely extraordinary and will be made only in case of extreme emergency," Medvedev was quoted by news agencies as telling the board of the Federation Council, the upper house of the parliament. "Our citizens should be protected in any part of the globe and feel the state's protection," he said.
Such decisions should have a legal basis, he added.
Russia's State Duma, the lower house, in late October voted unanimously to pass a bill which the Kremlin said would lay the legal foundation for using troops abroad to prevent aggression by other states and to protect Russian citizens on foreign soil. ."

Looks like those at the top of the Russian command are preparing to legalize the confrontation that is coming.

"Russia may switch some of its reserves from U.S. Treasuries to International Monetary Fund bonds, the central bank said today. The comment drove Treasuries and the dollar lower."

"The IMF securities would give countries a different way to contribute to the fund and are unlike traditional bonds because they pay an interest rate pegged to the IMF’s basket of currencies, known as Special Drawing Rights.
China is expected to buy as much as $50 billion of the bonds, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday. The IMF, which has rescued economies from Pakistan to Iceland in the past year, has never issued bonds before and is seeking more cash to finance loans and aid to member countries during the worst economic slump in the fund’s 64-year history."

"The former rebel is Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. The former fighters, his private army.
Ramzan Kadyrov is just 32 years old. He has the physique of a wrestler and a reputation for violence.
Moscow's policy in Chechnya revolves around this young man. It supplies him with lots of money and Mr Kadyrov makes sure Chechnya is no longer a 'problem' for Moscow.
Both sides are getting most of what they want. Moscow gets to keep Chechnya inside the Russian Federation. Mr Kadyrov gets bankrolled by the Kremlin and runs Chechnya as a personal fiefdom. The result for ordinary Chechens is less certain. Most are simply relieved the war is over. "

Daniel 11:38-39

"But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain."

"Speaking in front of thousands of troops on parade in Red Square, Mr Medvedev said that the Soviet Union's defeat of German forces during World War II was a great lesson to all nations which was still relevant today. Because, he said, some countries were resorting to military adventures."

"Prime Minister Putin was an admirer of Yudashkin's proposals and took a personal involvement in them while president.
The report that the new uniforms have fallen victim to Russia's own credit crunch suggests financial difficulties greater than those publicly acknowledged."

"Russian government has been hand-picking oligarchs to support with bailout funds: former Russian richest man Oleg Deripaska received $4.5 billion early this year. Bankers, industrial barons and media moguls -- all received emergency funding from the government. However, the funding comes with a catch. In exchange for funds, the owners have to give up stakes in their companies to the government-appointed managers. Often, it means giving up control of the company."

"Russia has troops just 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the Georgian capital, in violation of the European Union-brokered cease-fire that ended last year's brief war. And in recent weeks, it has put even more soldiers and armored vehicles within striking distance of the city ahead of street protests against Georgia's president."

"It is important that the Russian military acknowledges its mobilization and forward deployment of troops and ships. At present, it is impossible to know precisely how many additional army units have been moved within striking distance of Georgian territory. However, the composition of the naval force that disembarked from Sevastopol is not secret, since the Ukrainian authorities must be informed. It seems to be larger than the force that was deployed against Georgia last August. Four large amphibious landing craft left Sevastopol last week, while in August 2008 only two were reportedly deployed to insert a regiment of marines into Abkhazia in the small port of Ochamchira, close to the border with Georgia (Vlast, August 18). The marines were later deployed in the invasion of Western Georgia."

"The Kremlin published its priorities Monday for an upcoming meeting of the G20, calling for the creation of a supranational reserve currency to be issued by international institutions as part of a reform of the global financial system."

Perhaps the beginnings of the Mark of the Beast. The only force standing in the way is Babylon the Great.

"'One may either have gas or may not have gas. Russia has it. The resources will be enough for Russia to satisfy our growing needs and the needs of our European consumers for at least 100 years ahead. I am absolutely responsible for what I am saying, and I rely on serious research works at this point,' Putin stated at a press conference after meeting with Prime Minister of Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsany in Moscow.
Russia and Hungary singed a package of documents in Moscow about the construction of the Hungarian section of the South Stream gas pipeline, as well as about the construction of gas-holding facilities in Hungary."

"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia withdrew its ships from the region, but the relations never faded. During the past few years the Russian ships of the Black Sea Fleet have started visiting Syria again. At the beginning of this year, for the first time in 13 years, the fleet dropped anchor in Tartus. Many see it as a sign that Russia could be seeking to revive its naval influence in the region."

"Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili was aware of Vladimir Putin’s intention 'to hang him by the balls' during the armed conflict in the Caucasus in August. Saakashvili, who arrived in Paris Thursday for a meeting with his French counterpart, confirmed that he knew about the notorious conversation, which supposedly took place between Nicolas Sarkozy and Vladimir Putin."

"'As a major exporter and producer of crude and oil products, Russia cannot remain on the sidelines with regard to the formulation of world pricing for crude, and we must develop an entire range of measures that would allow us to actively influence the market situation,' Putin said. On Monday, Putin met with the heads of Russia's top oil companies to discuss crude export duty cuts amid the ongoing global financial crisis."

About the only way I know of influencing the oil prices is war or the potential of war.

"Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi made his first visit to Moscow in 23 years last week, meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev and then Prime Minister Putin for talks on forging closer strategic ties. While expectations were high, the talks ended with promises, but no confirmed deals in any of the sectors where Russia and Libya have mutual strategic interests - weapons, gas, and a civilian nuclear program."

Daniel 11:42-43 "He (King of the North - Anti-Christ - Gog) shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels."

Very interesting that Quaddafi is always cautious of Putin. Daniel seems to indicate in end time when Egypt is destroyed that the Libyans will be follow at Putin's heels. An interesting phrase. To me this presents a mental picture of a little dog yapping at an enemy he knows full well could destroy him but standing his ground due to his instinct and nature and hoping his enemy will not find it worth his time and effort to invade his borders.

"Putin's instinct is to desperately seek to reassert control. Last week he unveiled a plan to stanch the capital flow out of Russia, blocking banks from turning bailout funds from the government into foreign currency."

"But disruptive protests would contravene a new labor code passed under Putin in 2001, which sets tight restrictions on the forms of protest available to trade unions. But a Russian state that narrows the options of legal protest available to its people during a major national crisis may be courting serious trouble — it's certainly a principle that Czar Nicholas II failed to understand."

Ezekiel 38:3-4: "and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords."

These are the hooks the Lord himself is putting in Putin's jaws to lead him out to his destiny. Be on the alert because the end could start any day. Its is impossible to predict the pace this will happen but once it begins it will not stop. God is in control of when things happen. Putin and Satan would have begun their dash towards the end and their great attempt to exterminate the Jews and true Christians long ago but they have no control of the timing of the end.

"Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia's oligarchs 'as a class.' Within two years, he'd driven two into exile and imprisoned another.
Now, he may use the global markets meltdown to finish the job. "

"Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have repeatedly singled out the U.S. as the chief culprit for the global financial crisis and Russia's economic troubles.'Trust in the United States as the leader of the free world and the free economy, and confidence in Wall Street as the center of that trust, has been damaged, I believe, forever,' Putin said recently."

"'As a Chechen national and as a Muslim, I herewith declare that I am ready, if necessary, to die for Vladimir Putin. We have come to this day, with peace in Chechnya, owing to this man,' the Chechen president added.
Putin’s team showed a reserved reaction to Kadyrov’s initiative. 'In general, it is not customary in Russia to name anything in honor of incumbent politicians,' the press secretary of the Russian prime minister, Dmitry Peskov, told The Kommersant newspaper. 'However, federation units are entitled to make such decisions that are not subject to coordination with the Kremlin. Putin himself prefers not to see such initiatives and he has repeatedly expressed his point of view on that matter. He can not prohibit such initiatives either,' the official said. "

Once again read Daniel 11:37-39 it says about the final King of the North and his dual personalities - on one hand eventually he will exalt himself above all gods in some places and yet on the other hand in other places he will exalt a foreign god and use the worshipers of that god to wage war against the strongest fortresses:

"He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. 38 But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. 39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain."

"Last week, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the postponement for three months of quarterly sales-tax payments. The government has also cut banks' reserve requirements by about $12 billion, increased the government guarantee on bank deposits to $28,000 per individual and is actively considering a $5.5 billion tax cut for oil companies.
An official public relations campaign seeks to convince Russians that everything is normal. Earlier this month, the newspaper Kommersant reported that Mr. Putin, speaking at an economic forum in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, declared that government stabilization measures had ended the financial crisis and ensured the soundness of the Russian economy. "

"While the Kremlin's measures may have had a marginally positive effect on the psychology of some investors, the markets here, as in much of the rest of the world, are waiting for a resolution to the financial crisis in the United States to revive global liquidity and allow drifting commodity prices, on which the Russian economy relies, to find a balance. "

Pretty soon Gog is going to say in order to protect both the Russian and world financial markets he will need to take over where the US has failed due to utter incompetence of the US financial system, Federal Reserve, Executive Branch and US Congress.

"Syria has massed thousands of troops along its border with northern Lebanon in what officials in Beirut fear is a prelude to the first incursion since Syrian forces pulled out three years ago. Although Damascus insists that its forces are conducting an antismuggling operation, the Lebanese Government is eyeing the moves with unease, believing that the unusual scale of the deployment has more to do with tensions between the two countries over recent sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon.
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"The Lebanese media report that between 8,000 and 10,000 Syrian special forces have taken up positions along some of the hills overlooking the Kabir. "

"Mr Assad has also likened the situation between Syria and Lebanon to that of Russia and Georgia. His comments sparked speculation in Beirut that Damascus could be contemplating a military incursion into northern Lebanon to protect the Alawite community from the Sunni militants. "

This is happened before. Part of Hitler's whole reasoning behind starting WWII was to protect Aryans everywhere. Great excuse as the Aryans where all over Europe and Russia. Now we have Putin vowing to protect Russians everywhere. Most recently we have Assad vowing to protect Alawites everywhere (Assad is an Alawite). Alawites are located outsite of Syria in Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.

I would note that in Daniel 11:37-39 it says about the final King of the North:

"He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. 38 But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. 39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain."

I believe quite possibly this is telling us that Putin will use at least some or all of the Muslims and their god Allah to carry out his attacks. Even though Putin will be believe himself to be a god he will humor the useful Muslims and honor Allah. Putin will likely share his conquest with the Muslim leaders that follow his military orders. It is quite possible Assad is one of those partners.

"Ten Russian warships have been deployed at the Syrian port of Tartus based on an accord reached by the two sides after the August south Caucases conflict.
Rear Admiral Andrei Baranov, head of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's operations directorate, said Friday the Russian engineering crew was at Tartus to expand the capacity of the harbor to host additional fleet vessels.
The teams will also be working on expanding Latakia, another Syrian port, possibly for aircraft carriers or guided missile cruisers, said Baranov.
On Sept. 12, nearly one month after the south Caucases conflict broke out, Russia and Syria reached an agreement that would provide Moscow with a long-term base rights at Syrian ports. DEBKAfile's military sources reported that Israeli military leaders were stunned at the news of the Russian fleet being deployed near Israeli shores."

"Russia plans to cut oil exports via the Polish port of Gdansk and Ukraine's Odessa before the end of a year, a plan showed on Monday. Meanwhile, Moscow plans record oil shipments from its biggest Black and Baltic Sea ports with record Q4 figures scheduled for Primorsk and Novorossiisk.
The quarterly plan, which was obtained by Reuters, revealed that Russia had switched back from annual crude oil export planning to quarterly schedules, a move after pipeline monopoly Transneft complained about the lack of flexibility in the schedules."

Makes it a very convenient non-direct threat to cut Poland and Ukraine oil at will. If Putin uses this lever he will just have his state run Russian corporate oil puppets claim they are just being good capitalists as the profit margin is higher elsewhere. Gog could even toss in a few supposed terrorist strikes on the oil pipelines to say it just too dangerous to get the oil to Poland and the Ukraine.

Turkey's trade minister has said Turkey would impose more stringent trade restrictions on Russian goods, but Cemil Cicek, the deputy prime minister, told reporters Monday that Turkey favored resolving the issue through dialogue. Russia is Turkey's top trading partner and supplier of two-thirds of its natural gas. Lavrov and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan were also to discuss a Turkish plan for a regional group to stabilize the Caucasus region following the war between Russia and Georgia.
Turkey tried to mediate a peaceful solution to the Russia-Georgia conflict, but the proposal did not receive immediate backing from Georgia. Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili said last week Georgia would consider joining such a group only after Russian forces leave her country. The Turkish-proposed group would include Turkey and four nearby Caucasus nations: Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

According to the Bible Turkey with be allied with Gog a.k.a. King of the North in the end times. The NATO countries that are depending on Turkey are in for a big disappointment.

"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that "there will be an answer.""

The wind sails of time have begun to blow again. Can you feel the wind gust pushing at the sails?

"Russia’s Parliament overwhelmingly confirmed Vladimir V. Putin as prime minister on Thursday, completing his managed departure from the presidency in a manner that left him the country’s dominant politician, with a firm grip on power."

"Mr Putin attacked Russia's opposition politicians, saying they were effectively the agents of foreign governments.
"Unfortunately there are still those people in our country who act like jackals at foreign embassies... who count on the support of foreign funds and governments but not the support of their own people," he said.
In an apparent reference to popular pro-Western movements in Ukraine and Georgia, he added: "They want to go out into the streets, they've learnt from Western specialists. They've trained in neighboring republics."
Mr Putin said the opposition wanted to create a "disoriented, divided" Russia that would be vulnerable to "dirty tricks". "

Ezekiel 38

1Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

"The announcement made by President Vladimir Putin on Monday’s congress of the dominant United Russia party created quite a sensation. Putin said he would head United Russia’s candidate list in the December elections to the State Duma. United Russia could not even dream of getting such a “star” candidate. With Putin atop its list, United Russia looks poised to easily winning a two-thirds majority during the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Russian president’s another statement was close to a sensation too. Putin said he would be ready to become prime minister, provided a “decent, capable and modern person with whom I can work” was elected president next March. Now that Putin has made his statements, the key intrigue relating to Russia’s next presidential elections is probably no more. The latest developments indicate that the Russian political system may go through significant changes after the presidential elections.

"On Wednesday Russian state-run First Channel television reported that the military had successfully tested a new conventional air bomb whose power surpasses all existing air ordnances. Experts called the new weapon 'The Father of All Bombs," hinting at its main competitor - the US MOAB, or Massive Ordnance Aerial Blast, commonly known as the 'Mother of All Bombs.'"

Hmm, I wonder why they would need that? I wonder what papa Bush and his two sons have to say about that. Perhaps the Bush family and the Putins need another summit where they can pray about it. And I wonder why the Russians chose September 11th to test their new bomb? Hmm.

"Russia's president has suspended the country's participation in a pact limiting military forces in Europe, amid deteriorating relations with the West on a range of fronts.
The Kremlin on Saturday said Vladimir Putin had signed a decree suspending Russia's role in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, due to "national security" issues."

Revelation 13:3
"And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast."

I believe that this will have a double meaning in the time of the end. The Empire of the Beast will be a kingdom that was once great but then died and finally came back from the grave (Russia). The Anti-Christ himself will be a man who is assassinated and dies, but then comes back to life. This would explains references in the Bible where this same analogy is used to both describe the man and the kingdom of the Anti-Christ in the time of the end.

"Mr Ivanov said there would be no need to move extra forces to Kaliningrad if the US agreed to use Russian facilities instead of the Polish and Czech bases. Russia says the US plans for a limited missile defense shield, including bases close to Russia's borders, represent a threat to its security."

"Putin publicly questioned the role of the WTO, IMF and World Bank. Referring to them as 'archaic, undemocratic, and awkward,' he suggested that developing countries might be better off developing new forms of international economic cooperation that would make them more independent from the leadership of the EU, America and Japan. He also suggested that it might be better for the world economy if there were more than two reserve currencies, a not-so-veiled reference to the current roles of the dollar and euro."

"Ivan Safranchuk, director in Moscow Center for Defense Information, described the RS-24 as 'a significant modernization of Topol-M.'The main advantage is that this is a Russian rocket. The other multiple warhead missiles that Russia were built in Ukraine. Before, there was no Russian-built multiple warhead missiles.' Military analyst Alexander Golts said the test was part of a massive push by the Russian government to catch up with the United States' strategic missile forces. 'The main military political aim of the current Russian leadership is to regain parity with the United States,' he said."

"Putin's surprise announcement marked another moment in the increasingly strained relations between the West and Moscow. The Kremlin has been angered by Western criticism of Russia's human rights record as well as by the expansion of NATO and other issues"

"A group of Russian scientists from Tomsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow have developed a series of unique compact generators capable of producing high-energy pulses of hundreds and even thousands of megawatts."

Electromagnetic weapons are the reasons the primary mode of transportation in the time of the end will once again be horses. The Bible prophecy non-believers scoff at and say proves the Bible is obsolete and not possible with invention of modern transportation will once again prove true.

"Apparently playing to that sentiment, Putin called in his state of the nation address last week for the proceeds raised from the sale of Yukos to be used to pay a part of a US$25 billion (18 billion EUR) program to build houses, roads and other infrastructure projects. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has said that the budget will receive about US$15 billion (11 billion EUR) from the auctions this year."

"Moscow and Tallinn have been trading barbs since Estonia last week moved a bronze statue of a Red Army soldier -- revered in Russia as a symbol of its huge sacrifices in World War Two -- from its spot in the center of the capital. Estonia said the statue was a public order menace and focus for Estonian and Russian nationalists. Many Estonians see the statue as a reminder of 50 years of Soviet rule."

"Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the protests in Moscow, his office said. 'This is a well-coordinated and flagrant intervention with the internal affairs of Estonia,' Ansip told parliament. 'We have turned to the European Union and we ask them to take immediate action. Attacking one member state means an attack against the entire European Union,' he added."

"Schroeder said the missile shield plan was pushing Russia further away from the West at a time when the European Union should be trying to strengthen ties with Moscow. “What we need instead is the exact opposite. Out of our own interest we must align Russia as closely as possible to Europe and European structures,” he said. Schroeder has famously referred to Russia President Vladimir Putin as an “impeccable democrat” in the past and reiterated that view in interviews last year when his memoirs were released. Less than a month after leaving office in November 2005, Schroeder took a position as chairman of a controversial German-Russian gas pipeline consortium that he helped set up with Putin —- a move for which he was sharply criticized. Schroeder has a long history of criticizing the United States. He was re-elected in 2002 largely due to his outspoken opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush’s plans to invade Iraq. "

"The leader of energy-rich Russia appears to have found a quick success on his historic visit with an oil agreements reached with Saudi Arabia and a deal to back a natural gas cartel in neighboring Qatar. The Jordanian government has said it hopes that Russia will help restart Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Putin also said he planned to host a Mideast peace conference but gave no details."

"Washington and Israel say Iran —- under international sanctions over its nuclear program —- could use the missile systems to attack its neighbors and undermine security in the Middle East. Russia says the missiles only operate over a short-range and are a purely defensive weapon. President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin is aggressively pushing arms sales abroad and trying to reassert its role as a global power, especially in the Middle East."

"Putin’s opponents say that in the 2007 parliamentary vote, the Kremlin will use its tight grip on the media, bureaucratic muscle and new election rules to thwart genuine opposition parties. Critics say the only parties that will win seats in 2007 are either openly loyal to the Kremlin or are masquerading as opposition groups but in fact take their orders from the Kremlin."

"In a statement dictated before he died at University College Hospital on Thursday, the 43-year-old accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of involvement in his death. Mr Litvinenko had recently been investigating the murder of his friend, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, another critic of the Putin government."

There are two possible scenarios going on here. The first is that Vladimir Putin did have Litvinenko and many other critics both inside and outside of Russia killed lately. The other is that some group is making it look like Putin did all of these things to provoke a new conflict. Either way Satan is behind it.

"Schroeder noted that Putin's fluent German a result of his stint in the former East Germany as a KGB officer eased the relationship, and added that, when he first met the Russian leader, he was struck by his "alert intelligence" and "unusual fitness.""

"'His vision is the reconstruction of Russia as a world power that negotiates, speaks and acts on the same level as the USA,' the former chancellor wrote. 'He knows that Russia, in order to achieve this aim, must build strategically ever closer-weaved relations with Europe.'"

"Schroeder added that Putin hopes for the support of Europe, and above all Germany, in building those relations 'and in this, both countries are acting not only in their own, but also in the European interest.'"

"The end game for Russia is obvious; Georgia is pushing itself to a brink of war. Putin comment about a “state terrorism” seems a logical precursor for a military justification. I am not sure how the West can prevent a Russian military attack if Russia uses Israeli attack on Lebanon over the abducted soldiers as a pretext for its own military actions."

Revelation 6:1-2 "Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer."

A third term for Putin. I think he has something a little bit better then the President of Russia for a third time in mind. He's been that for awhile and it just not enough - it never is.

"Russia on Thursday recalled its ambassador from Georgia over the detention there of four Russian army officers on spying charges and ordered a partial evacuation of official Russian staff from the ex-Soviet state, the Reuters news agency reports."

"The Russian Foreign Ministry also recommends Russia citizens to abstain from traveling to Georgia."

You couldn't pay me a billion dollars to be in the Georgian government. It's common knowledge that they are all CIA puppets who are about to be taught a hard lesson by one Mr. Vladimir Putin. If Satan is your only friend and your up against his crown prince how long are you going to last?

"Putin was expected to unveil a monument at Le Bourget airport northeast of Paris honoring the Normandy-Niemen squadron of French and Russian soldiers who fought together against the Nazis in World War II, French officials said. Chirac and Putin's bilateral talks were to come on the eve of a three-way summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the town of Compiegne northeast of Paris."

There will be 10 kings who give their power and authority to the Beast to destroy Babylon the Great. Germany and France will surely be two of these kingdoms.

"President Vladimir Putin has instructed his administration head Sergey Sobyanin to draft an appeal to the upper House of Parliament, the Federation Council, concerning the sending of Russian servicemen to Lebanon. "

"'Putin’s visit to South Africa, to be followed by a trip to Morocco, is seen as part of a drive by Moscow to reassert its diplomatic influence in Africa and in particular with a country which has its own eyes on a place at the United Nations Security Council table."

"'He managed to succeed brilliantly in his career reaching for the very peak of power. But the amazing part is that during his leadership even the world’s worst disasters turn out for the good of Russia . Much as if Putin was personally responsible for bringing us good fortune...Later he received position in the KGB and served happily in the well-to-do Germany . And then the sweeping sudden flight upward: Putin traveled the way from a humble position of the Leningrad city chairman’s advisor to the Russian president’s seat as if in a high-speed elevator!"

On the day Putin was announced as the future President of Russia after reading an article on Stratfor.com telling how Putin basically blackmailed his way into the Presidency - I knew Putin was the Antichrist. I have been telling everyone I know since then to watch out for Putin. When someone comes to power that doesn't fit the usual pattern of time they are here for a purpose. Expect the trend to continue.

"'Russia had been due to pay off the debts by 2020, but the sharp rise in the price of oil has engineered a dramatic improvement in the country’s fortunes. That enabled it to bring the repayment forward, at an estimated saving of $12 billion."

"'We ask you to pass the sword from the relic of Ilya Muromets to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin so that the sword helps him to rule our motherland righteously, promoting Russia’s spiritual revival,' the Russian church leader said. Ilya Muromets or Elijah of Murom is a Russian mythical hero, the greatest of the ancient warriors who fought pagans in the times of Prince Vladimir The Beautiful Sun, the baptist of Russia."

"In essence Damascus, the Syrian capital, and Syria would be protected from either Israeli or American aerial bombardment. It is clear that the Russian aims in Syria are a symmetrical reaction to American objectives for the Middle East and part of a global chess game."

"While the circumstances have not been confirmed, one thing is certain: Russian President Vladimir Putin will use the event as justification -- and for bragging rights -- for his policy in the Caucasus.

That was quick. First Vladimir Putin is given the licence by the Russian government to do what ever he wants to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world. Two days later Russian public enemy #1 is gone. This is only the beginning.

Revelation 13:4 "So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, 'Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"

"President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that using special services overseas to combat terrorism was not a breach of international law. 'I see no violations here. Under Article 51 of the UN Charter, states can individually or jointly rebuff an aggression. It does not say that this aggression should come from one state against the other,' Putin said Thursday."

It worked for George Bush and now Vladimir Putin is taking advantage war on terror absolute power card. It doesn't really matter who is behind the all these "terror attacks" ultimately SATAN is behind the scenes pulling the strings and dangling the carrots. Wait till Putin gets his crown. Revelation 6:2 "And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

"In December 2004, Putin signed a controversial bill that effectively eliminates the election of Russia’s 89 governors by popular vote. The provision allows the president himself to nominate every governor, and await confirmation by regional legislatures."

"'We would hope that Russia would take a second look at this issue,' State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told a news briefing."

Russia has taken a second look and it sees George W. Bush with his hand on the attack button. The Russians aren't going to roll over and die. If only George W. Bush and his bunch had paid attention to the Terminator 3 movie. You can't change the future. The Roman Empire will turn its fury on the Babylon the Great and it will win.

Putin may really want to retire in 2008, but he will not. God will put hooks in his mouth and pull him into a war he doesn't really want to be in (Ezekiel 38: 2-6). It will be then in this war that he becomes the monster he was born to be. Just as Judas never intended to betray Jesus, so Putin will become the Antichrist because of the wickedness of his heart. Like Judas Iscariot it would be better for Vladimir Putin if he had never been born.

"In one of the few emotional moments in his seventh state of the nation address, Putin used a fairy-tale motif on the need to build a fortress-like house to withstand the advances of a voracious wolf to illustrate Russia's own need to bolster its defenses. He also suggested that Washington puts its political interests above the democratic ideals it claims to cherish.

'Where is all this pathos about protecting human rights and democracy when it comes to the need to pursue their own interests? Here, it seems, everything is allowed, there are no restrictions whatsoever,' Putin said, smiling sarcastically.

'We are aware what is going on in the world,' he said. 'Comrade wolf knows whom to eat, he eats without listening, and he's clearly not going to listen to anyone.'"

Things are warming up. Satan is getting ready to unify his earthly kingdom on under one earthly ruler once the final battle begins in the heavens. God the Father will make the first move, by calling on his Son Jesus Christ to open the scroll of the end. Satan knows from Jesus himself that a kingdom divided can't stand. Soon Satan will put all his bets on Putin and give Putin all of Satan's authority and Satan's thrown.

Revelation 5:9-10
And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."

What is interesting about all this is German's remember that there where two main reasons they lost World War II. First, Germany made the mistake of attacking Russia even though they had a secret pack together to divide up Europe. Secondly, the Allies finished off Germany by cutting of entirely their oil production and gas refineries. I believe Germany is preparing for the next potential world conflict, by one establishing a firm unbreakable relationship with Russia and secondly securing an energy supply from Russia that has no intermediaries.

"“In my view a military solution to the Iranian problem would be a political and military mistake,” Baluevsky said. He also confirmed that Russia planned to go ahead with fulfilling an order by Iran for a consignment of Tor-M1 mobile air defense systems, despite U.S. concerns about the deal." "

Don't worry Beluevsky you won't have to lead the troops. Your leader Vladimir Putin will do it for you.

Putin releases no prisoners and Khodorkovsky will never leave his prison as long as Putin rules. Khodorkovsky was once the richest billionaire of Russia. Now he is nothing and year after year more charges and time is added to his sentence. Not even the mighty Rothschild’s could save him (see Russian tycoon 'names successor'). In Russia many rich and powerful men have fallen under Putin's boot.

The Rothschilds are drumming the drum of war against Putin and Iran. Sneakily the Rothschilds do Satan's work. Using Fox News - News Corp and Rupert Murdock to launch their pawn George Bush into the Presidential Office. They are rich false Jews who have no part in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. The poor Jews will inherit Israel forever and ever and the Rothschild’s will burn forever and ever. In the end Putin who is Satan in the flesh as Jesus was God in the flesh will be nothing in the pits hell. The world will marvel how the man who was unstoppable in the world of men was cut down to nothing. As he treated his captives so will he be and much more worse.

Isaiah 14:9-27
16 "Those who see you will gaze at you,And consider you, saying:'Is this the man who made the earth tremble,Who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities,Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'

"The tests came during war games that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have been holding in the Gulf and the Arabian Sea since Friday at a time of increased tensions with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program."

"The specter of a U.S. nuclear first strike even resurfaced this month. An article in Foreign Affairs magazine, published by the Council on Foreign Relations, suggested that the United States could hit Russia and China without serious risk of retaliation. That sent heads spinning here with visions of Dr. Strangelove."

"Russia, in turn, has been concerned over NATO's eastward expansion and criticized U.S. plans to deploy missile defense as damaging global stability. Putin repeatedly boasted that Russia had designed a new weapon capable of penetrating any prospective missile defenses a clear reference to the prospective U.S. missile shield, reports AP."

"He said that while Iran's military potential cannot compare to the United States', "it is hard to predict how the Muslim world will respond to the use of force against Iran." "This may stir the whole world, and it is crucial to prevent anything like that," Baluyevsky was quoted as saying."

This will go to the United Nations Security Council, but Russia and China will make sure nothing big gets done about this. There is a strong possibility that the US and Israel will ready for an attack on Iran. Just before or after the attack Russia will intervene.

Putin is not backing down and he won't. The antichrist doesn't back down to anyone except Jesus Christ. All the forces of the US (the king of the South) will in the end come to nothing. No one can stop the will of God.

Daniel 11:36-39
36 "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. 37 He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. 38 But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. 39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

In the end the anti-christ attempts to become a god of gods yet at the same time he will use a foreign god to conquer and divide nations for spoil. It will be a god his fathers did not know. Putin's fathers would have once worshipped God. Will Putin use Islam and magnify Allah so as it to use Muslims to conquer middle east for spoils of war??

What is really going on is that Vladimir Putin is in a secret war with rich Jewish banking families who run all of the major European and American banks. I am not an all anti-Jewish as they are God's chosen people, but I am anti-mega rich just like Jesus. Noga the company suing Russia is owned by a wealthy Swiss Jewish hotel millionaire Nessim Gaon with very powerful friends. Nessim Gaon's daughter is married to the son of Haim Gerzog, Israel's former president. This secret war between Putin and the rich Jewish families that run and manipulate the economies of the western world will eventually result in a full scale war. And since no one really likes the mega rich Putin will come out looking a white night until he reveals his true colors. Satan’s oldest trick- make some of God’s chosen people into the villains and let evil men use it as an excuse to attack the true Jews and true Christians.

Translation- Russia now has the best nuclear missiles technology in the world. To do it they solved a physics puzzle that no one else has solved, not even the USA. Vladimir Putin used to be the head of the Russian secret service; you can bet he isn't sharing this secret with us. Even if our new missile defense system was fully operational Russia can now launch unstoppable nuclear missiles at the USA or anyone in the world.

Putin particularly said that Russian Armed Forces should be trained and prepared to guarantee global stability and defend Russia against any attempts of military and political pressure and blackmail. "Unfortunately, one can see such political methods in today's foreign policies run by certain countries," Putin said.